Kosiyajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1674

[1674] "From little one should give a little, from a middling amount a middling gift, from much one should give much: to give nothing at all is not fitting. Therefore I say to you, Kosiya: give gifts (dāna) and partake as well; ascend the path of the noble ones (ariyamagga) — one who eats alone does not obtain happiness."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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